MG Maglificio (cycling team)

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MG Maglificio

Michele Bartoli and Paolo Bettini at the 1997 Paris–Tours
Team information
Registered	Italy
Founded	1992 (1992)
Disbanded	1998
Discipline(s)	Road
Team name history
1992–1994 1995–1997 1998	GB–MG Maglificio MG Maglificio–Technogym Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio

MG Maglificio was an Italian professional road cycling team in the 1990s. The team started racing in 1992, under the management of Belgians

in 1998, MG Maglificio withdrew from cycling as a sponsor.

History

GB–MG Maglificio

MG Maglificio was already a co-sponsor in the 1991 season of the

.

The team was immediately successful, with four Giro stage wins by Mario Cipollini, who was also victorious in Gent–Wevelgem. Chioccioli won a stage in the Tour de France and finished third overall in the Giro.

More Belgians arrived in 1993 with

.

The team saw many new riders in 1994 as many old

Paris–Brussels

, among other races.

MG Maglificio–Technogym

In 1995, former World Champion

joined them, removing the Belgian influence in MG Maglificio, which was now a team with many Italians, a few Swiss and one rider from Denmark and Great Britain each.

Like previous years, Italian specialists like Cassani and Richard won many major one-day races in Italy. Baldato also won a Tour de France stage.

In 1996,

in the road race, where he won in front of former teammates Sorensen and Sciandri, who had left MG-Technogym earlier in 1996.

In 1997, MG signed then 22-year-old

.

MG Maglificio remained a sponsor in cycling for one more year, co-financing the

of 1998, after which he scored an internship with Riso Scotti in September.

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